Metallic compartment construction for passenger and like cars.



No. 854,406. PATENTED MAY 21, 1907. A. GHRISTIANSON.

METALLIC GOMPARTMENT CONSTRUCTION FOR PASSENGER AND LIKE CARS.

' APPLIOATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1906.

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A. GHRISTIANSON. METALLIC GOMPARTMENT CONSTRUCTION FOR PASSENGER AND LIKE CARS.

APPLICATION TILED SEPT. 7, 1906.

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No. 854,406. PATENTED MAY 21, 1907.

v A. CHRISTIANSON. METALLIC CCMPARTMENT CONSTRUCTION FOR PASSENGER AND LIKE CARS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1906.

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No. 854,406. PATENTED MAY 21, 1907.

A. GHRISI'IANSON.

METALLIC COMPARTMENT CONSTRUCTION FOR PASSENGER AND LIKE CARS.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 7, 1906.

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INVENTOR.

WT mm UNITED STATES PA'rEN'r OFFICE.

; ANDREW OHRISTIANSON,

OF BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA, AS SIGNOR TO STANDARD STEEL OAR COMPANY, OF CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A

1 METALLIC COMPABTMENT CONSTRUCTION FOR PASSENGERAND LIKE CARS.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW CHRISTIAN- soN, a resident of Butler, in thecounty ofv Butler and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Metallic Compartment Construction for Passenger and Like Cars; and I do hereby declare the following to be exact description thereof.

This inventionrelates to metallicrailway cars, and more especially to passenger, mail,

baggage and exfpress cars.

The object o the invention'is to provide a construction for the ends of cars providing waiting and retiring rooms, and the like, and

I which is so built up as to greatly reduce the A numberof parts employed as well as the wei ht of the car.

T e invention consists-of the construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

-In the accompanyingdrawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through the longitudinal center of a car showing my invention; Fig; 2

is a transverse section through the ear; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3, Fig. 1; and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 enlarged views of sections shown on Figs. 1 and 2. v

- As my invention has to do only withthe ends. of the car where Waiting orretiring rooms are generally provided, I have not thought it necessary to show the entire car,.

nor to showparts of the car ends not involving the invention.

The framing of the car may be of any desired construction, and most of it has been 6, the latter being-of channel shape havingflanges of different widths and projecting downwardly and secured tov the upper ends tical connecting member 9.

oithe posts. The carlines rest directly on these plates, comprising a lower deck member 7, an upper'deck member- 8, and a ver- The lower dock Specification of Letters Patent; [Application filed September 7,1906. Saris-1N0. 333,622.

a full, clear, and' All of these posts areend carline.

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member is a curved plate of eneral channel form having the Web vertica a wide'flange at the top and a narrow flange at the bottom,

and also integral flanges at both ends, that bers and has a flange at its inner edge to which is riveted the ventilator plate 10, the latter having. its upper edge turned inwardly The upper deck plates are shown at 13, the lower deck plate at 14, the outside finishing sheets at 15, and the floor plate at The vertical connecting memher 9 has a wide web portion riveted directly to the webs of the top and bottom deck memas at 11 and its lower edge turned outwardly as at 12, so as to form in efiect a small plate girder.

16, but as these are not claimed in this application no special description of them is necessary. The drawing also shows a window sill at 17.

The present application relates entirely to details of construction for applying a compartment or compartments at the end or in the corner of the car and which is or are entirely or mostly composed of metal.

The compartments are indicated as a small salon 18 in one corner of the car and a corre-- sponding salon 19in the opposite corner of the car. The compartments have inner end walls '20 and-side walls 21. The compart ments also have slopin tops 22 Whichmeet hers and the vertical connecting members of the oarlines. The interior finish at the end of the car is shown at 24, being a sheet either of metal or special composition board or even of thin .wood. This is secured to the inner flanges of the end posts 2, and near the roof is a transverse angle 25 placed with one leg vertical and on a line with the inner flanges of the posts 2 while the other leg projects toward the center of the car. I This angle is attached to the end carline by means of a connection plate 27 riveted to the horizontal leg the roofat the angles of the, lower deck-memof the angle 25 and to the lower flange of the the angle 25 over the lower face of the horizontal 1e of said angle. v These sheets are secure The end finishing sheets 24 lap 'over the inner face- 0f the vertical flange of while the ceiling sheets 28 lap tical with the moldings heretofore described toward the end of jecting flange of the place and a neat angle or corner finish is protially at right'angles to each other, each".

member being rovided on its face with a groove in w 'ch are seated the heads of the tap screws 31 which pass through the molding and the edges of the inside finishing sheets, and into the legs of the angle 25. Lock or friction washers 32 are seated in these grooves to revent the screws from workin loose. T 's molding is grooved or recesse on its'back as shown at 33 so as to reduce the same in wei ht.

In order to secure t e upper edges of the transverse partitions forming the inner end walls 20 of the compartments 18 and 19, I employ the special construction shown in Fig. 5, and which comprises a horizontal T bar 35 having one flange of its head riveted to the web of a carline 7 and the other flange projecting downwardly while its leg projects the car in line with the lower flange of the carline. The ceiling sheets 28 are lapped, the one over the lower face of the leg of the T bar, and the other over the lower face of the lower flange of the carline, while the two partition sheets 37 and 38 which are employed to give a finish to both sides of the partition are lapped over the opposite faces of the downwardly ro- T bar. Preferab y a filling strip 39 is employed to give the necessary thickness. The angles on both sides are finished by means of-a'ng e moldings 29, iden-' and secured in place by the same means, namely, tap screws, or if preferred, rivets 40 ma be used where it is possible to get at bot ends thereof. This same construction can, desired, be used for securin the partitions to the sides of the car, in w ich event the T bar will be secured to the web of one of same construction can be used the side posts and will have one flange projectin inwardl and having its leg in line with t e inner ange of the side fpost. This or connecting a metallic partition to any part of the car bod Y The roof or top portion 22 of the compartments is formed of a plate 45 which has an opening therein for receiving the sash 46 I when necessary for lighting the interior of ing sheet 49 is secured in place at the upper the compartment. This plate has its upper edge bent at an angle to its body as at 47 and secured b suitable tap screws or rivets 48 to the vent' ator plate 10. The interior finishedge of this roof plate by simple moldings 50 and ta screws in the usual Wa The lower edge 0 the late 45 is curved ownwardly as at 51 and t e interior or artition sheets 52 comin' up from the floor are passed one on either si' e of said downturned portion "51. Preferably also a filling piece 53 is employed to givethickness to the partition.

These finishing sheets are secured to the plate 45 by rivets 54 and grooved'moldings 55. Preferably two such connections will be made, one at the extreme angle of the plate 45 so as to give a finish at the top, and another lower down and'in line with the finish at the plate 6.

The construction abovedescribed is simple, gives a minimum number of parts, and especially provides a construction of light weight. It enables the use 1n a passenger car of any number of compartments builtup en v tirely of metal, and in a manner toglve a] bar, a metallic angle molding finishing the corner and covering the edges of the finishing sheets, and means for securing the same to the transverse bar. 1 i

2. In a metallic railway car, the combina;

tion of a frame, a horizontal bar having faces at an angle to each other, vertical fin-' ishing'sheets applied to the vertical face of the bar, a horizontal finishin sheet applied to the horizontal face of the han'a metallic an le molding having portions at an angle to eac other and fitting mto the corner, each of said portions being grooved-or recessed on the back and grooved on the face, and fastoning means passing through the-same and into the transverse bar and having the heads seated in the face grooves ofthe moldin 3. In a metallic railway car, the com ination of an end frame, an end carline presenting a vertical face, an outside finish late secured to the vertical face of-th'e car inc and the outer face of the end frame, a transverse bar providing a vertical face in line with the inner face of the end frame and with an inwardly extending horizontal face, vertical finishing sheets applied to the inside of the end frame andthe vertical face of thetransverse bar, horizontal inside finishing sheets applied to the horizontalface of the transverse bar and a'metallic molding having portions at an angle to each other lapping over the edges of the finishing sheets and se and a horizontal face extending toward the .car center, a tie plate connecting the transverse bar to the end carline, vertical finishing molding applied in each of the 1 tion of interior edge longitudinal of the sheets applied to the inside face of the end frame and vertical face of the transverse bar, horizontal finishing sheets applied to the horizontal face of the transverse bar, a metallic molding having portions at right angles and fitting over the edges of the finishin sheets and provided with face grooves, and securing means passing through the same into the transverse bar and havmg the heads seated in the face grooves of the molding.

5. In a metallic railway car, the combination of a frame,

a bar having a web projecting into the car and having two faces at right angles to said web, one on either side ,of the web, partition sheets applied to either face of the projecting web of said bar, other finishing sheets applied to the two faces of the bar at right angles to the web, and a metallic angles and serving to cover the edges of the partition and finishing sheets. 7

'6. In a metallic railway car, the combination of a frame having'a member with a web transverse of the car body, a T bar riveted to said frame member and having a web projecting into the car body .and presenting faces at right angles to said web, partition sheets applied to either face of the mwardly projecting web, and side finishing sheets a pliedto the faces at right angles to the web.

7. In a metallic railway car, the combinaa frame having a member with a web transverse of the car body and a flange on the car body, 'a T bar riveted by one flangeto the web of said frame member and having the other flange projecting'inwardly and having its leg in line with the inside flange of the an interior finishing sheet applied to the inner flange of the frame member, a similar finishing sheet applied to the inner face of the leg of the T bar, and partition sheets applied to both faces of the inwardly projecting flange-of the T bar.

8. In a metallic railway car, the combination of a frame member having a web transverse of the body and a flange on its inner edge, a T bar having one flange riveted to the we b of the frame member and its other flange projecting into the car body and having its leg in line with the inner flange of the frame member, a finishing sheet applied to the inner flange of the frame member, a similar finishing sheet applied to theleg of the T bar, a pair of partition sheets applied one to frame member,

I I l either face of the inwardly projecting flange of the T bar, and metallic moldings having portions at angles to each other and secured respectively on o posite sides of the mwardly projecting ange of the T bar and secured in edges of the finishing and partition sheets.

9. In a metallic railway car, the combina-' tion of carlines, a ventilator plate secured thereto, and a partition top plate having its upper end flanged and riveted to the ventilator plate.

10. 'In a metallic railway car, the combination of carlines having lower deck members and vertical connecting members, a ventilator plate. riveted to the vertical connecting members and provided with an out-turne flange at its lower edge, a compartment top plate having a flange at its u per end secure to the ventilator plate, and mside finishing sheets secured res ectively to the flange of the top plate and tile out-turned flange of the ventilator plate.

1 1. In a metallic railway car, the combination of a compartment top plate secured to the car side and having its inner edge turned downwardly, and vertical partition sheets la ped one on either side of the down turned ed geof the top plate and secured thereto.

12. In a metallic railway car, the combination of a compartment top plate having one edge secured to the car side and having'a free edge turned downwardly, vertical partition sheets lapped one on either side of the down turned edge of the top plate, a filling piece between the top plateand one of the sheets, and means securing the partition sheets to the top plate.

13. In a metallic railway car, the combination of a compartment top plate having one edge secured to the car side and having a free edge turned downwardly, vertical artition sheets la ped one on either side of t e down turned edge of the com artment top plate, moldings covering the e ges of the partition sheets, and securing means passing through the moldings and the sheets and the down turned edge of the compartment to late.

In testimony whereof, I the said liivnRnw CHRISTIANSON have hereunto set my hand.

ANDREI V CHRISTIANSON.

Witnesses:

ROBERT C. To'rTEN,- J. R. KELLER. 

